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June 26, 2026 - Week in Review: The Reflecting Pool, Clive Davis, and Dolly Parton's truck stop
On this edition of The Culture Show, Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley, and Culture Show contributor Lisa Simmons, go over the week’s top arts and culture headlines, which include:
President Trump’s blue Reflecting Pool makeover has become a swampy spectacle in Washington, with algae, peeling paint and blame quickly giving way to parody songs and guerrilla projections. What began as a patriotic renovation ahead of America’s 250th has become an accidental canvas for satire.
Clive Davis, the legendary music executive who died this week at 94, leaves behind a towering legacy in American music. With a…
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